<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt">A Research Fellow position is available immediately for a project on computational models of  reading acquisition in multilingual contexts, co-lead by Dr. Beth O</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:14.6667px">’</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt">Brien (National Institutes of Education, Singapore) and Dr. Luca Onnis (University of Genoa, Italy). The position is based in Singapore.</span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt"><br></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Research Fellow </span></b><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Centre for Research in Child Development – <b class="gmail-">NRF2016-SOL002-11</b></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Fellow on a 12-month contract at the</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;color:rgb(74,74,74)"> Office of Education Research (OER) </span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD).</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;text-align:justify"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Project Title: How language mixes contribute to effective bilingualism and biliteracy in Singapore</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:14.95px"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px" lang="EN-US">Project Introduction:</span></b><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px" lang="EN-US"> The project aims to investigate </span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px" lang="EN-US">how early aural language skills relate to the early stages of reading in bilingual children, and how this relationship is influenced by home exposure to different language mixes. </span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:16.8667px" lang="EN-US">We are seeking a highly motivated researcher with interests and expertise in computational modelling of language acquisition and literacy development, with a focus on multilingual contexts. The team has already developed a suite of in-house computational tools for simulating and analysing language and reading development, using linguistic databases, and combining simulation with experimentation.</span></font></p><p class="gmail-MsoPlainText" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;line-height:14.95px"><span class="gmail-" style="line-height:17.25px;font-size:15px" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">The successful applicant will be involved in the entire computational pipeline, from conception to deliverables, including: programming and testing neural network models, analysing multilingual corpora, running statistical analyses, managing the IT side of things, including workflow in the HPC. The applicant is expected to 'phase in’ the ongoing project by continuing the coding of the existing tools. As such, applicants should be well versed in Python, R, and acquaintance with Unix/Linux. Experience with high-performance computing (HPC) environments and resource scheduling is preferred.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Requirements</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Essential<span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></p><ul class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;vertical-align:top"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">PhD in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Computer science, Knowledge Engineering or equivalent work experience</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><span class="gmail-"></span></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Excellent programming skills<span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Experience in software programming, modelling and simulation, machine learning<span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;vertical-align:top"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Familiarity with</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> Python,</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> Unix (Lens)</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">, R,</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"> Windows, Mac OS, standard office software</span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;vertical-align:top"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:15px" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Ability to work independently and as a team player</font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;vertical-align:top"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">High degree of responsibility and maturity</font></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;vertical-align:top"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Excellent organizational skills, task-oriented, </span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">attention to details and accuracy</span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;vertical-align:top"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Able to work within given deadlines</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></font></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Preferred<span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></p><ul class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font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h Positions</span></a> (</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.nie.edu.sg/about-us/careers/submit-an-application" class="gmail-">https://www.nie.edu.sg/about-us/careers/submit-an-application</a>)<span class="gmail-"></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:6pt 0cm 6pt 35.7pt"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">       </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Cover letter explaining how you meet the requirements of this position<span class="gmail-"></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:6pt 0cm 6pt 35.7pt"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">       </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Supporting documents as stated on the job application form<span class="gmail-"></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;margin:6pt 0cm 6pt 35.7pt"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">       </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Other documents to support your qualifications<span class="gmail-"></span></span></font></p><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial"> </font></span><br class="gmail-webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Please send your application to:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">B.A. O’Brien, PhD, Principal Research Scientist<span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">Centre for Research in Child Development <span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">National Institute of Education<span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><font class="gmail-" face="Arial">1 Nanyang Walk<span class="gmail-"></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:13px;font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